Adjustable hinge.



G. V HODGIN.

ADJUSTABLE HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY15, 1914.

1 13 5840 Patented May18,1915.

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GEORGE V. HODGIN, OF CANON CITY, COLORADO.

ADJUSTABLE HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed July 15, 1914. Serial No. 851,129.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE V. HODGIN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Canon City, in the county ofFremont and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful AdjustableHinge, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to gate and door hinges, and aims toprovide hinges of such construction, as to enable the door or gate towhich they are applied, to be adjusted, when desired, to overcome thesagging of the gate or door.

It is also within the scope of the present invention, to provide gate ordoor hinges of simple and inexpensive construction, which will beconvenient in their application to various doors or gates, which willreadily permit the door or gate to be adjusted to overcome the sagthereof, and which will be practical, serviceable and efficient in theiruse.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of a door or gatehaving the improved hinges applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top view, on anenlarged scale, of one of the hinges in use, portions being shown insection.

In the drawing, the numeral 1 designates an arbitrary gate or door, andthe numeral 2 designates the post, jamb or other upright to which it ishinged, it being understood that the present hinges may be employed inconnection with various doors and gates.

Each of the upper and lower hinges is formed from a metallic strap 3,which is doubled or bent upon itself to provide the main or inner leaf4, and the outer or auxiliary leaf 5, the bend or portion intermediatethe two leaves being formed into a loop or eye 6 turned outwardly. Theloops or eyes 6 of the hinges are arranged to en gage over theupstanding pintles 7 of the hangers or carriers 8 secured to the post orupright 2, to pivotally connect the hinges with the post or upright.

The inner or main leaf 4 of each hinge is provided with a longitudinalseries of longitudinal slots 9, the outer or supplemental leaf of eachhinge extending over one or more of the slots 9. As illustrated, theouter leaves or refiexed portions 5 extend over two of the slots 9 ofthe respective leaves 4, the leaves 5 being provided with longitudinalslots 10 registering with the corresponding slots 9 of the leaves 4.

The bolts 11 are passed through suitable apertures or openings providedin the door or gate 1, and are received by the slots 9 and 10 of thehinges, nuts 12 being threaded on those ends of the bolts remote fromthe hinges, or at that side of the door or gate opposite the hinges.Washers 13 are mounted upon the outer ends of the bolts between theheads of the bolts and the hinge leaves. The outer sides of the leaves 5are provided with transverse corrugations 1% along the slots 10, whilethe back or rear sides of the washers 13 adjacent the slots 10, areprovided with transverse corrugations 15, interengageable with thecorrugations or teeth 14 of the hinge leaves 5. The corrugations may beemployed with each of the slots and washers, if desired, similar to thecorrugations 14 and 15 as illustrated and described.

In assembling the hinges with the door or gate, the bolts 11 of theupper hinge are preferably disposed at those ends of the slots 9 and 10remote from the post or upright 2, while the bolts of the lower hingeare disposed at those ends of the slots 9 and 10 nearest the post orupright 2, whereby the upper end of the door or gate may be adjustedtoward the upper end of the post or upright 2, while the lower end ofthe door or gate may be adjusted away from the lower end of the post orupright, to overcome the sagging of the door or gate, when it occurs,due to the warping of the wood, or other causes.

Ordinarily, when the bolts 11 are tightened, the washers 13 beingclamped tightly against the leaves of the hinges, will rigidly supportthe gate or door from the hinges, the loops or eyes being journaled uponthe pintles 7 of the hangers or brackets 8, enabling the door or gate toswing open and closed in the usual manner. Should the justed readily, byloosening the bolts 11,

in order that When the door or gate is shifted to normal or trueposition, the bolts may adjust themselves along the slots 9 and 10 ofthe hinge leaves. Then, When the bolts are again tightened, the door orgate Will be locked at its new position, it being observed that theinterengaging corrugations 14: and 15 of the respective hinge leaves andWashers, serve to effectively prevent the accidental sagging of thegate, due to its momentum or Weight.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is r In adevice of the character described, a

hinge comprising a doubled strap forming overlapping leaves having aneye therebetween, the leaves having registering longitudinal slots, oneleaf having transverse corrugations adjoining the slot therein, a boltWorking Within the slots of the leaves, and a Washer mounted upon thebolt and having corrugations interengageable with the aforesaidcorrugations. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixedmy'signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses. v

GEORGE V, HODGIN, Witnesses:

J. SAoKnTT,

J. W. AUGUSTINE.- I

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